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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 60:20

Thy sun shall no more go down - There shall be no total and long night of calamity, error, and sin. This is designed to describe the flourishing and glorious state of the church. It, of course, does not mean that there should be no times of calamity, no period of ignorance, no scenes of persecution; but it means that there should not be total night. Truth should reign on the earth, and there never would be a time when the light of salvation would be extinct. There never would be a time like... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 60:15

Isaiah 60:15. Whereas thou hast been forsaken Both of God, as to outward appearance, and man; and hated Either slighted and neglected, or suffering actual miseries and slaughters; so that no man went through thee Thy streets were left desolate and thou wast in a manner depopulated. The state of the Christian Church, during the dark and persecuting ages of Popery, is here described, in language borrowed from Jerusalem lying in desolation. I will make thee an eternal excellency Being... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 60:16-17

Isaiah 60:16-17. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles A metaphor taken from children drawing nourishment from the breast. The sense is, that the church should draw, or receive, the wealth of nations, and the riches and power of kings, and whatever is most excellent; and that it should come freely and affectionately, as milk flows from the breast of the mother. And thou shalt know Namely, shall experience; that I the Lord Hebrew, Jehovah; am thy Saviour That I have undertaken... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 60:18

Isaiah 60:18. Violence shall no more be heard, &c. Neither the threats and triumphs of those that do violence, nor the outcries and complaints of those that suffer it, shall be heard again, but every man shall peaceably enjoy his own. Wasting nor destruction Of persons or possessions, anywhere within thy borders Thou shalt be secure from violence and injustice at home, and from invasion and war from abroad. But thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, &c. They shall be safe and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 60:19-20

Isaiah 60:19-20. The sun shall be no more thy light, &c. The light of the sun and moon shall not be at all esteemed in comparison of the spiritual light of the church, which shall be so glorious as to eclipse all the light formerly enjoyed by her, the divine glory and majesty illuminating her much more brightly than the luminaries of heaven illuminate and adorn the theatre of nature. Or, as Lowth interprets the clause, “God’s favour and the light of his countenance shall give her... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

A glorious kingdom (60:1-22)In Chapters 60-62 the scene returns to Babylon, where the captive Israelites look forward to the return to their homeland and the reconstruction of their national life. Here, more than in the previous chapters, the blessings seem to go far beyond those experienced by post-exilic Israel. (See sub-section ‘New Jerusalem’ at the introduction to Chapters 40-66.)When sin is removed and enemies are punished, Israel will receive the glory it has always hoped for. Not only... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 60:15

forsaken. The type of the forsaken wife is changed to that of the forsaken Land. See note on Isaiah 1:4 . eternal. This cannot refer to the prosperity of any past period of Israel's history. of many generations = of generation after generation. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 60:16

thou shalt know, &c. Reference to Pentateuch. See notes on Isaiah 1:24 ; Isaiah 41:14 , &c. the LORD am thy Saviour. This constitutes another Jehovah title. Hebrew = Jehovah moshi'ek. Redeemer. Compare Isaiah 41:14 ; Isaiah 43:14 ; Isaiah 44:6 , Isaiah 44:24 , &c. (ten times in all, in Isaiah. Compare Proverbs 23:11 . the mighty One of Jacob. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:24 ). Compare Isaiah 49:26 . Psalms 132:2-5 . Including the whole natural seed, as well as the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 60:17

For brass. Note the correspondence (by contrast)of this verse with Isaiah 3:24 . Compare also Isaiah 1:23-26 . thine exactors = thy tax-gatherers. See Luke 3:13 . righteousness = righteous. The very opposite to what they have been. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for righteous. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 60:18

Violence shall, &c. Compare Genesis 6:11 , Genesis 6:13 . Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "So shall violence", &c. walls. Compare Isaiah 26:1 . Salvation: or, Victory. read more

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